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7:15 PM ET, April 18, 2006

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CNN:
Bush: 'I'm the decider' on Rumsfeld  —  Defense chief set to meet with so-called 'TV generals'  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush sharply defended Donald Rumsfeld on Tuesday, saying the embattled Pentagon chief is doing a "fine job" despite calls for his resignation from six retired military generals.
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Washington Post:
The Generals' Revolt  —  There are many reasons for Donald Rumsfeld to leave.  Finger-pointing by retired officers shouldn't be one.  —  PRESIDENT BUSH'S stubborn support for Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has compounded U.S. troubles in Iraq, prevented a remedy for the criminal mistreatment …
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Roots of the Uprising  —  Making Donald Rumsfeld the scapegoat …
Discussion: Hugh Hewitt and The Heretik
David S. Broder / Washington Post:
Listen to the Brass  —  Several months ago, when Rep. John Murtha …
Rose Garden / White House:
President Bush Nominates Rob Portman as OMB Director and Susan Schwab for USTR  —  THE PRESIDENT: Good morning.  Today I'm announcing my nomination of two outstanding individuals to serve in my Cabinet and on my economic team.  —  First, I will nominate Rob Portman to be the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
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Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Bush Picks Portman as Budget Director  —  President Bush today selected U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman to be the new director of the Office of Management and Budget, moving quickly to revamp his team now that his new chief of staff is in place.  —  Portman, subject to Senate confirmation …
New York Times:
Bush Picks U.S. Trade Envoy to Run Budget Office  —  WASHINGTON — President Bush on Tuesday nominated Trade Representative Rob Portman as the White House budget director, turning to a Washington insider and longtime friend as part of an effort to re-energize the administration and boost the president's record-low approval ratings.
Discussion: TAPPED and RedState
John O'Neil / New York Times:
Bush Picks Trade Envoy as Budget Aide
Discussion: PoliticalSports and Wonkette
Jamie Glazov / Front Page Magazine:
Saddam and Osama: The New Revelations  —  Frontpage Interview's guest today is Thomas Joscelyn, an expert on the international terrorist network.  Much of his research has focused on the role that nations such as Saddam's Iraq and the mullah's Iran have played in providing support …
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New York Times:
Tensions Rise as Blast Hits Tel Aviv  —  TEL AVIV, Israel, April 17 — A Palestinian suicide bomber killed nine people and wounded dozens today when he detonated a bag of explosives at a falafel restaurant in a gritty, working-class section of Tel Aviv, further inflaming tensions between Israel …
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Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
A "Pulitzer Prize for Treason"  —  (updated below with transcript of Bill Bennett's comments)  —  Several weeks ago, The Washington Post published an Op-Ed jointly written by Bill Bennett and his neoconservative comrade Alan Dershowitz, in which Bennett — of all people …
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Bobbie Johnson / Guardian:
Ignore bloggers at your peril, say researchers  —  Bloggers and internet pundits are exerting a "disproportionately large influence" on society, according to a report by a technology research company.  Its study suggests that although "active" web users make up only a small proportion …
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Richard Cohen:
A Campaign Gore Can't Lose  —  Boring Al Gore has made a movie.  It is on the most boring of all subjects — global warming.  It is more than 80 minutes long, and the first two or three go by slowly enough that you can notice that Gore has gained weight and that his speech still seems oddly out of sync.
David Horovitz / Jerusalem Post:
Lieberman: US could attack Iran's nukes  —  The US is probably incapable of completely destroying the Iranian nuclear program, but as a last resort it could attempt to knock out "some of the components" in order to "delay and deter it," Senator Joe Lieberman, the former Democratic vice presidential candidate …
Brit Hume / Fox News:
Zinni's Zinger?  —  Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine:  —  Former Clinton CENTCOM commander, Anthony Zinni — the most prominent of the retired generals attacking Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld — now says that, in the run-up to the war in Iraq, "What bothered me ...
Neil A. Lewis / New York Times:
Moussaoui's Childhood Is Presented as Mitigating Factor  —  ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 17 — Lawyers trying to persuade a jury to spare the life of Zacarias Moussaoui began presenting testimony about his childhood on Monday, to show that he grew up in a neglectful household in France where his father beat …
Elwin Green / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Black business owners on rise  —  Black Americans are becoming entrepreneurs at a rapidly increasing rate and Pittsburgh is following the trend, a new report issued by the Census Bureau suggests.  —  The report, "Survey of Business Owners: Black-Owned Firms: 2002," says that between 1997 and 2002 …
Warren Hoge / New York Times:
U.S. Envoy to Expose 4 Sudanese in U.N. Debate About Darfur  —  UNITED NATIONS, April 17 — John R. Bolton, the United States ambassador, said Monday that he intended to offer a Security Council resolution on Tuesday that would publicly identify four Sudanese individuals responsible for atrocities …
Sobek / SobekPundit:
A Very Brief History of Art, Featuring Mr. Potato Head  —  As part of my never-ending quest to make the Llamabutchers one day say, "Holy crap, that Sobek fellow is so geeky, he makes us look flat out hip!" as well as part of certain court-ordered community service (I was framed, BTW) …
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Mississippi Senators' Rail Plan Challenged  —  War Bill Includes Millions to Move Just-Rebuilt Line  —  Mississippi's two U.S. senators included $700 million in an emergency war spending bill to relocate a Gulf Coast rail line that has already been rebuilt after Hurricane Katrina at a cost of at least $250 million.
Danielle Braff / Chicago Sun Times:
Bush death threat tied to PU student  —  A Purdue University graduate student was arrested and charged with threatening to kill President George W. Bush, Laura Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.  —  Vikram Buddhi allegedly posted the detailed and threatening messages on an online message board.
 
 
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